Additional space appears between lines in Notepad after copying text from Mac to Windows virtual machine

APPLIES TO:

Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac Standard Edition

Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac Standard Edition

Symptoms

You create a multi-line text file in a Windows virtual machine using Notepad by pressing Return at the end of in each line. The file is saved on the Mac side by using Shared folders. You open this file on Mac and copy the text to paste it back in Windows virtual machine. When you paste the text, you see that additional space appears between the lines.

Cause

Such behavior is caused by difference in creating a "new line" in Plain text files in different operating systems.

Resolution

Different operating systems have different ways of creating a "new line" (by pressing Return) in text file. The issue appears only with plain text files.